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单词 caterer
释义

caterern.

/ˈkeɪtərə/
Etymology: < cater n.1 or cater v.1 + -er suffix1; supplanting the earlier cater n.1 (Some words in -erer seem to have been formed, not on verbs, but on the earlier nouns in -er, or perhaps from the nouns of state in -ery; compare fruiterer, poulterer, sorcerer.)
1.
a. One who caters or purveys provisions for a household, club, etc.; one who supplies the viands at an entertainment, fête, etc.Catourer (1469) is printed in Coll. Ordinances & Regulations Royal Househ. (1790) 97. But the ed. is untrustworthy, and this portion of the MS. is now lost.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer
purveyor1340
victualler1377
caterc1400
purveyoressc1400
achatourc1405
acaterc1415
providerc1485
provenderc1530
meatsman1567
caterer1592
proveditor1592
viander1598
foregoer1601
meat-man1614
prog man1618
provedore1631
provisioner1633
meater1643
opsonator1656
sutler1710
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F4 v They drawe out a dinner with sallets,..and make Madona Nature their best Caterer.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 54 The Popes caterer..asked what it was he had to sell.
1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) iii. 30 Sr. Gerard Kemps brother, who is a Caterer to the Colledge.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 206. ⁋4 The succession of dishes with which their cooks and caterers supply them.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. ix. 135 The marine officer..was the gun-room caterer.
1872 City Press 20 Jan. The Tallow-chandlers' Company dined at the hall..Messrs. —— were the caterers.
b. figurative.
ΚΠ
1618 R. Brathwait Good Wife sig. E7v Death is wormes-Caterer.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 40 Nature is their Cook, and Necessity their Caterer.
1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 143 All nature is our caterer.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 371 Grand caterer and dry-nurse of the church.
2. gen. One who caters in any way for the requirements of others.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provider or supplier
purveyor1340
supplier1384
purveyoressc1400
providerc1485
suppeditator1542
furnisher1611
subministrator1625
sitarch1656
caterer1706
1706 S. Centlivre Love at Venture i. 4 I like no Caterer in Love's Market.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 46. ⁋2 A Prince is no more to be his own Caterer in his Love, than in his Food.
1877 Manch. Guard. 26 Feb. 7 Caterers for public amusement.
1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 243/1 The dress caterers have all their plans laid for the summer.

Derivatives

ˈcaterership n. purveyorship.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer > official or superintendent of food > position of
provisorship1623
caterership1830
1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. xx. 325 Why don't you give up the caterership?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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